Sunday, January 31, 2010

Moist Banana Cake

I always have a soft spot for banana cakes as it is one of the very first cakes I learned to bake. I just love the rich banana flavor, light and moist of this cake. Banana cakes are easy and inexpensive to make. The really great thing about this cake is that you can use your over-ripe bananas. Bananas are a great source of vitamin B6, vitamin C and potassium but if you ask me the best reason to try this banana cake is just that it tastes soooo good!

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degree F. Greased and line an 8” round baking pan or 8” x 8” square pan. In a bowl sieve flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set it aside.2. Beat the soft butter and sugar on high speed until light and fluffy. Add in eggs, one at a time and mix until smooth. Mix in mashed bananas, vanilla and condensed milk. Mix well.3. Lower down the mixer speed, slowly add in the flour mixture and blend just until smooth.4. Pour batter into the baking pan. Bake for 50 minutes or until golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.5. Let the cake cool for 10 minutes in the pan before removing it. Let the cool before serving.

I have been following your blog almost religiously since I stumbled upon it about a week ago. Your amazing recipes never fail to make my mouth water at night. I fell in love with baking not too long ago after coming to study in the UK and my housemate and I love trying new recipes together. Your blog is a source of inspiration!! Oh, and did I mention, I love banana cakes so much as well! Have a soft spot for the ones sold at Giant supermarket back home. Comfort food at its best. =D

Your banana cake looks really good! I can tell that this is the kind of texture that I am after. I have tried to bake banana cake a few times by using the recipes off the internet but there were not what I was after!! I think I need to try your recipe.. love condense milk as one of the ingredients ;)

Hi Gertrude, so nice to hear you'll be back for CNY. My mom does sell but quantity wise, its being so much less as she does not want to slog too much these days due to her health. So sorry about it. But I can offer you my personal tin (one tin only wor) for your consumption, if you dont mind coming to Cheras to collect it? Let me know soonest ... family_first3@hotmail.com

hi,made this banana cake last nite. it's very moist, the kind of banana cake i'm looking for. i think will have to reduce the butter the next round i make coz it's a bit too oily for me. btw, mine also comes out 2 tone. thanks for sharing such a good recipe. definitely a keeper!

I love your blog. The photos and recipes are so honest and straightforward, yet so delicious! It makes cooking look so effortless. I never eat bananas, only banana cake! I love the moist type, and I believe this is the one that I'm looking for!

Hi. After reading all the comments here, I decided to try out your recipe just now. It turned out perfectly...right texture, moist and not too sweet. (BTW, I substituted the condensed milk with regular milk. I'm so happy because I've finally found the perfect banana cake recipe. Thank you!!

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I was born and raised in Malaysia and now live in Northern California, USA with my wonderful husband Carlos. I love to bake and cook. It is very relaxing and I find my creativity flowing in the kitchen. I creates this blog to record all my cooking and baking adventures and also share my tested recipes with you.
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